What might I have here? (Interesting carbon steel knife.)

[Darkhorse89]

I'm interested in potentially learning more about a knife I recently acquired (the unbranded one in the pic, not the Browning Pandemonium). I'm not sure if it is vintage or what. I'm not even sure if the handle is bone or some kind of polymer. What I do know is that it comes with a polymer (Kydex?) sheath and that it is made out of well heat-treated carbon steel. The blade file tests between 55 and 60 HRC and has a nice patina. I'm not sure if those little squiggles are just part of the patina or some kind of branding that it obscures. It's well-made and really sturdy, which strikes me as significantly better than a lot of the newer unbranded Pakistan stuff out there. It's definitely nice, I'm just not sure if it's some kind of high-end custom piece. I'd much appreciate any insights on it such as possible makers, country of origin, and possible age range. Thoughts?

 

[DocJD]

Hello. I'm a novice collector with some solid knowledge (still learning a lot) and a beginner reseller. I'm interested in potentially learning more about a knife I recently acquired (the unbranded one in the seller pic, not the Browning Pandemonium). I'm not sure if it is vintage or how much it might be worth. I'm not even sure if the handle is bone or some kind of polymer. What I do know is that it comes with a polymer (Kydex?) sheath and that it is made out of well heat-treated carbon steel. The blade file tests between 55 and 60 HRC and has a nice patina. I'm not sure if those little squiggles are just part of the patina or some kind of branding that it obscures, but I think it's probably just patina. It's well-made and really sturdy, which strikes me as significantly better than a lot of the newer unbranded Pakistan stuff out there. I'm thinking maybe in the $40-$80 range for value unless it's some kind of rare custom piece. I'd much appreciate any insights on it. Thoughts?

I imagine I can almost see some kind of mark , but nothing helpful for identifying.

With no makers mark , you'll just have to be very lucky to have someone ID this .

 

[Darkhorse89]

Yeah, I could take some Flitz and see if there's a mark under there, in which case I'd have to strip the whole patina off for consistency. I'm not sure I want to do that.

 

[madcap_magician]

You can't ask about value without a gold membership, but I am thinking it is not very valuable and if you were to sell it now, it would be a slow mover.

 

[Darkhorse89]

Thanks for the heads up. I edited my post. Thanks for the input as well.

 

[Darkhorse89]

Double post removed.